"The cool spring has been great for our water supply, sub-optimal for our early season hiking plans :-)"

I am loving this snow. While it changes hikes to snowshoe trips I love the solitude of being alone in the mountains. I am doing the Rae Lakes loop this weekend and probably won't see more than a couple of people all weekend. This in contrast to the hoards of humanity in the peak summer months.

Thanks for the info Rick- Because of all the excellent snow fall we have received this season me and a BPL crew are heading to the Shasta-Trinity NF, South Fork National recreation Trail 2,250ft (20 miles round trip)--I like the snow but it definitely shortens the hiking season and will extend the bug season..

According to http://www.nps.gov/yose/planyourvisit/tioga.htm, Tioga Pass Road is just sort-of plowed. They say: Plows have reached Tioga Pass and will now be working on widening the road. Plowing continues Monday - Saturday. Average Snow Depth is 4 to 6 feet. Plowing operation will continue today.

Jay, If that is the trail I'm thinking about it's a nice hike along the river from Forest Glen. My wife and I hiked it a few weeks ago. We talked to the forest service and the trail goes all the way to 28N30 but they did not know about snow (it is about 3900 feet at that point).

Greyson, I had checked the caltrans hwy page last wed or thursday. I had a buddy that had said that it was open. I checked the page and it said no restrictions. Could be that it was closed again with all the snow that the Sierra's have been encountering. My bet on Hwy 120 is two more weeks until it opens

So many options for 6/11-13. Opening Tioga Road just complicated it.1) Tuolumne Meadows north on the PCT via snowshoes2) Muir Ranch up Goddard Canyon, cross country to Wanda lake and back to Muir Ranch. hike and snowshoe.3) Emigrant Wilderness via snowshoe.4) JMT/SHR from Devils postpile to Thousand Island.5) SHR north of Tioga Road.6) Grand Canyon of the Tuolumne.